France to limit long-distance train, bus, plane travel over coronavirus

PARIS

: France will progressively reduce long-distance train, bus and plane travel on its territory over the coming days in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the ecology

minister

said Sunday.


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The

country

, which has already shut cafes, restaurants,

schools

and universities and urged people to limit their movements, will now seek to limit long-distance travel "to the strictly necessary" minister

Elisabeth Borne

told journalists in Paris.